Goldpoly New Energy Holdings Limited said it inked a framework agreement for the acquisition of at least 80% in equity interest in the first batch of solar farm projects of GD Solar Co Ltd, GUODIAN Inner Mongolia New Energy Investment Ltd and Forty-Eighth Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corp. Goldpoly New Energy is a China-based photovoltaic solar farm operator.

Foreign investors abandoned one-time frontier-market darling Mongolia over the past 18 months amid a dispute over a mine development, but the country hopes a resolution and its new investment law can lure them back.

The Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and Millennium Challenge Account in Mongolia have jointly completed the “Heart Attack and Cerebral Hemorrhage Project 2010-2013” at State Hospital No.3 recently.

At his talks with visiting Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Ho Chi Minh City mayor expressed his wish that Ho Chi Minh City and the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator should set up a twin relationship.

Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA, November 25, 2013 /FSC/ - Mongolia Growth Group Ltd. (YAK - TSX Venture),("MGG" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that UMC Capital LLC ("UMC Capital") has agreed to purchase 100% of Mandal General Daatgal LLC ("Mandal"), subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Financial Regulatory Commission of Mongolia and the satisfaction of certain closing conditions.

Beijing has added more details to its plans to reform the country's taxation system following the conclusion of the high-profile third plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which was held on Nov. 9-12.

The government of Mongolia, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, signed Monday a deal with the country’s gold producers association, which aims to reduce illegal extraction of the metal by reducing barriers for them to become formal miners, Xinhua reports.

Monday, November 25, 2013

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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On Tuesday, the Mongolian delegates, led by the Deputy Speaker of parliament L.Tsog, held an extended meeting at the Federation Council Committee on Agriculture, Land tenure, Natural resources and Environment protection of Russian Federation in the frame of the visit.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Schools in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region are giving students from the Mongolian ethnic group the opportunity to be taught in their mother tongue. Wang Kaihao reports in Bayannur, Inner Mongolia.

HONG KONG—Mongolia's economy is set to rebound in 2014, the country's central bank governor said Tuesday, even though foreign investment flows have slowed because of the continuing weakness in coal and copper prices.

During the regular cabinet meeting on November 14, the construction of a 220 MW hydroelectric power plant at Eg River was discussed and members approved the task group that undertake the project construction.

THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF MONGOLIA, PUBLIC RELATIONS & COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION The Chief of Staff of the President of Mongolia is participating in the World Economic Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda

Satellite images indicate that China's People's Liberation Army tested two unusually large artillery pieces at a test center for armor and artillery in the desert region of Baotou in Inner Mongolia between two and three years ago, according to an article by Sean O'Connor, a retired intelligence analyst of the US Air Force for the UK-based Jane's Defense Weekly on Nov. 14.

Erdene Resource Development Corp. (TSX: T.ERD, Stock Forum) reported significant gold and silver results from the first phase of trenching that was completed earlier this month at the company's Altan Nar gold-polymetallic project in southwest Mongolia.

Ben Gurion University recently signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Elion Resources Group to create a research institute for combatting desertification in Mongolia, the university announced on Sunday.

ULAN BATOR, November 15 (ChinaMil) -- Dashdembereliin Bat-Erdene, Mongolian defense minister, met with Wang Guanzhong, the visiting deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), on November 14, 2013 at Mongolia's State Palace.

The rights issue announced by Turquoise Hill to refinance maturing Rio Tinto-provided funding for the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project says pretty clearly that Rio has yet to resolve the impasse with the Mongolian government over the cost and nature of the $US5 billion underground development of the mine.

Turquoise Hill Resources has suspended work on development of the underground copper mine at Oyu Tolgoi after the Mongolian government said financing for the project would require parliamentary approval.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Loro Piana, an Italian luxury textiles maker and fashion house, is so particular about its materials that it's bought its own natural reserve in the mountains of Peru to protect the vicuna, an endangered species that yields a precious wool.

England's Port Lympne Wild Animal Park has announced the birth of a Przewalski's foal. The species is incredibly rare, and is just now making a comeback after having been declared extinct in Mongolia back in the 1970s.

Leading law firm Michelmores’ London office has advised private equity groups Bamboo Finance and Triodos Investment Management on the sale of a significant stake in Tenger Financial Group (TFG) to a consortium led by Japanese bank ORIX Corporation and which included the International Finance Corporation and Mongolyn Alt Corporation.

SUNNYVALE, CA, Nov 13, 2013 – Trimble announced today that its Quantm alignment planning system was used for route optimization on the Mongolian Northern Railways project from Ovoot to Erdenet. Quantm was selected to investigate alignment alternatives by Aspire Mining and their appointed consultants, SMEC International, on the 547-kilometer coal freight rail pre-feasibility study.

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia L.Bold received Thierry Mariani, the Special Representative for Central Asia from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) on November 12th.

Six ethnic Mongol herders stand trial tomorrow in Inner Mongolia after trying to defend grazing land from being seized by a forestry firm, in a case that renews attention on rights abuses and the environment in the resource-rich region.

Monday, November 11, 2013

ROHTAK: The three day Inter-Zonal Youth Festival of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) UNIFEST-2013 commenced here on Friday with scintillating dance and music performances, and creative literary, artistic expression of participating students.

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TRQ), the Rio Tinto Group unit that produces copper in Mongolia, said it will restate three years of financial results after a subsidiary decided to change the way it recognizes revenue.

Nov 8 (Reuters) - Coal miner SouthGobi Resources Ltd , controlled by Rio Tinto, said it would restate results from 2011 through 2013 because of an error in the way it booked revenue from coal sales at its Ovoot Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.

TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Mongolia-focused coal miner SouthGobi Resources on Friday said it would restate its financial results from 2011 to 2013, because of a change in the point of revenue recognition at its Ovoot Tolgoi mine.

Serbia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic and his Mongolian counterpart Luvsanvandan Bold signed the Agreement on the abolishment of visas which enables a free movement of persons and improvement of business cooperation between the two countries.

The Ergun wetland in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region is one of the largest in Asia. Belonging to Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, it takes about 3 hours' driving from the city to Ergun wetland.

Friday, November 8, 2013

A lifelong horse enthusiast from southern Chester County has been selected as one of a handful of Americans to ride in the 2014 Mongol Derby, a grueling, 1,000-kilometer (621 mile) trek across Mongolia.

The Company is continuing to build an international team and operational capabilities for its wholly owned subsidiary Mongolia Equipment Rental Corporation, the exclusive Hertz Equipment Rental franchisee for Mongolia.

Nov 7 (Reuters) - Mongolia has annulled more than 100 exploration licenses as part of an investigation into mining sector corruption, raising further concerns among foreign investors about the risks of doing business in there.

The families of the victims of political persecution who were expected to be executed during the height of political persecution in Mongolia from 1937-1939 held a press conference in Ulaanbaatar on November 4th, 2013.

Ulaanbaatar, November 6, 2013 - In its newly released semi-annual Mongolia Economic Update, the World Bank said that the persistent large balance of payments imbalance is a key challenge to the Mongolian economy.

Today the State Highest Prize ceremony is taking place at the Ceremonial Hall of the Government House due to the celebration of National Pride Day, the 851st anniversary of the birth of Chinggis Khaan.

Further to the recent client note on the proposed amendments to the investment regime in Mongolia, on 3 October 2013 Parliament approved the Law of Mongolia on Investment along with other supporting amendments.

Mongolian legislators have agreed to mark the birthday of Chinggis Khaan on the first day of the first month of winter through the Lunisolar Calendar, and approved it as a national holiday.This year, the day will be celebrated on Monday, November 4.

Although not many are aware, computers were first introduced to Mongolia as far back as 1973. The modern world cannot be imagined without computers, which are used from moment to moment and now come in various sizes, shapes and forms.

The following is a translation of an interview by the Dailynews, Mongolian newspaper, with the motorcyclist, B.Bilguunzaya, who traveled to over 17 countries during her more than 20 thousand km motorcycle trip from London to Ulaanbaatar.

SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea and Mongolia signed cooperation agreements on economic and cultural fields and agreed to hold annual talks between their foreign ministers, the North's media said Friday.

"Mongolian Bling" has been a labour of love for Benj for several years - inspired by his time spent working as a tour guide on the Trans Siberian Railway, it's about modern Mongolia, as seen through the prism of the local hip hop music scene and the stories of the rappers that inhabit it.

Mongolia’s president had a busy four days in North Korea this week, meeting various officials and zipping around to Kim Il Sung University, a Pyongyang theater, the Munsu water fun park, the border with South Korea and Kim family mausoleum, among other places.